William ward



WIILLLAJM WARD, {OF CLEVELAND, 01110;

Letters Patent M. 75,497, dated March 10, 1868.

IMPROVED OIL FOR PAINT, due.

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TO ALI; WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

.Be it known that I, WILLIAM WARD, of Cleveland, in the county ofcuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oil for Paints, &0. and I do hereby declare that thefollowa ing is a full and complete description of the same.

The nature of my invention relates to utilizing the waste frompaper-mills, said waste beingthe liquid which runs from thebleaching-apparatus, and with which, in combination with certain oils, Iproduce a composition or an oil to be used as a. substitute for linseed.oil in the various preparations of paints, putty, and cement, or for allthe purposes for which pure linseedoil is ordinarily used, for.painting, &c.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andcomplete description of the ingredients, and manner of compounding thesame.

This liquor or waste is subjected to a process of cleansing, byfiltration or otherwise, ifintended for fine work. With this liquor iscompounded, in about equal parts, according to the strength of theliquid, linseed oil, or other oils of analogous nature, or with thedistillates of petroleum. This fluid or waste, when mix ed with linseedoil in about theproportion above said, forms a thick semi-transparentfluid or oil, which may be thinned down to a proper consistency forpainting, by the use of turpentine or benzine, in the ordinary way, andwhich, of itself, forms an excellent varnish, which soo-u-dries,'ha.vinga hard, glassy surface, and fire-proof. This composition readilycombines withthe various pigments, as white lead, zinc, ochres, andother coloring-materials ordi'narilyuse d for painting, making a hard,durable, glassy, and fire-proof paint,'wliich can he laid on with abrush withthe same facility as the bestlinseed-oil paint, and at littlemore than one-half the expense.

This oil,uhen combined with whiting and lead, makes a good 'putty forglazing, much stronger and more tenacious than ordinary putty, and willnot crack and peel 011' by exposure to the weather; and when used simplyin combination with lime, it forms a strong, hard cement, or'stone-likesubstance, which, for roofing purposes, when 'made of a properconsistency, can be spread on with a trowel, on tin, sheet iron, orpaper. This coating soon' described.

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What I claim as iny-improvement, and desire to secure byLettcrs Patent,is

1. The hercin descrii ied compound, consisting of the waste and linseedoil, or its equivalent, when compounded in the manner, and in anyproportion, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

2. The cement, consisting of waste, linseed oil, and lime, or itsequivalent-s, when compounded in the 'manner and fol-the purposesubstantially asdescribed.

3.1 The utilizing of the Waste from the bleaching-apparatus ofpaper-mills, by compounding the said waste with linseed oil, or itsequivalents, or with crude petroleum, or with its distillates; also, incompounding the same with'lime' in its various conditions, and with thepigments used for paint, in the manner substantially as WILLInM WAR-D.

Witnesses W. H. Bonnroen, J. Homnns.

